EBAY MYSTERY: It Just Made A Move That Will See Its Tax Bill Surgehttp://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-most-confusing-part-about-ebays-earnings-report-2014-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:14:49 -0500Jillian D'Onfrohttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361262569bedd685e1d2fddDean WormerWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:34:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361262569bedd685e1d2fdd
I mean it's kinda tacky when a big part of the reason for your survival and creation is a giant tax handout, no sales tax, from the Feds, and then you go rip them off by exploiting a bunch of questionable strategies to not pay MORE taxes. dontja thinkhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/536120686bb3f7d8120c4b3cMcGovsWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:10:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536120686bb3f7d8120c4b3c
Square is a possibility (simply to remove a nuisance competitor), but I'd also add Etsy, Shopify, and Demandware to their potential shopping list. Shopify and Demandware would be a line extension to GSI Commerce, a previous Ebay acquisition.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53611dc3ecad04b8450f942eEthicalWed, 30 Apr 2014 11:58:59 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53611dc3ecad04b8450f942e
What an age we live in when a US company can decided to, you know, actually pay its fair share of tax instead of engaging in financial contortions to avoid paying tax ala Apple, Google, Microsoft, and this is "confusing".
This used to be how our social polity worked folks. People paid taxes, businesses paid taxes, everyone benefitted. For the doubters, this was true even as recently as the 1960s.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53611b2becad0448350f9431not alwaysWed, 30 Apr 2014 11:47:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53611b2becad0448350f9431
They can't borrow against foreign subs assets in the US or it will be deemed a dividend. They need to be able to borrow without pledging assets of foreign subs.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536110b069beddad031d2fe0SellerWed, 30 Apr 2014 11:03:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536110b069beddad031d2fe0
eBay is going to purchase Sears.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53610d7169bedd66761d2fe1Dean WormerWed, 30 Apr 2014 10:49:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53610d7169bedd66761d2fe1
Maybe behind the scenes Jack Lew is telling these guy the jigs up and they got tired of being a tax scofflaw like the rest of these tech deadbeats. Good move now go buy something meaningful.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53610a19ecad04dd650f942bCSWed, 30 Apr 2014 10:35:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53610a19ecad04dd650f942b
Ever heard of debt?